Happy Fathers Day!
- Thread starter Mike2007
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I might send my dad a text later 
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I'm working today so I've yet to see what I'll be getting. (I know it's something because of the secret whispers that I've heard around the house.) Hopefully it'll be something I can eat or drink - or both.
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namsag
Boy wont surface till about 4 then it will be Oh yeah i forgot.
Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honour and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, special dinners to fathers, and family-oriented activities.
The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held on July 5, 1908 in a church located in Fairmont, West Virginia, by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South of Fairmont.[1] [2] The church still exists under the name of Central United Methodist Church.
Sonora Smart Dodd of Washington thought independently of the holiday one Sunday in 1909 while listening to a Mother's Day sermon at the Central Methodist Episcopal Church at Spokane,[3] and she arranged a tribute for her father on June 19, 1910. She was the first to solicit the idea of having an official Father's Day observance to honor all fathers.
It took many years to make the holiday official. In spite of support from the YWCA, the YMCA and churches, it ran the risk of disappearing from the calendar.[4] Where Mother's Day was met with enthusiasm, Father's Day was met with laughter.[4] The holiday was gathering attention slowly, but for the wrong reasons. It was the target of much satire, parody and derision, including jokes from the local newspaper Spokesman-Review.[4] Many people saw it as just the first step in filling the calendar with mindless promotions like "Grandparents' Day", "Professional Secretaries' Day", etc., all the way down to "National Clean Your Desk Day."[4]
A bill was introduced in 1913,[5] US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea in 1924,[citation needed] and a national committee was formed in the 1930s by trade groups in order to legitimize the holiday.[6] It was made a federal holiday when President Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation in 1966.
In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries, most often on November 19.
The first observance of Father's Day is believed to have been held on July 5, 1908 in a church located in Fairmont, West Virginia, by Dr. Robert Webb of West Virginia at the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South of Fairmont.[1] [2] The church still exists under the name of Central United Methodist Church.
Sonora Smart Dodd of Washington thought independently of the holiday one Sunday in 1909 while listening to a Mother's Day sermon at the Central Methodist Episcopal Church at Spokane,[3] and she arranged a tribute for her father on June 19, 1910. She was the first to solicit the idea of having an official Father's Day observance to honor all fathers.
It took many years to make the holiday official. In spite of support from the YWCA, the YMCA and churches, it ran the risk of disappearing from the calendar.[4] Where Mother's Day was met with enthusiasm, Father's Day was met with laughter.[4] The holiday was gathering attention slowly, but for the wrong reasons. It was the target of much satire, parody and derision, including jokes from the local newspaper Spokesman-Review.[4] Many people saw it as just the first step in filling the calendar with mindless promotions like "Grandparents' Day", "Professional Secretaries' Day", etc., all the way down to "National Clean Your Desk Day."[4]
A bill was introduced in 1913,[5] US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea in 1924,[citation needed] and a national committee was formed in the 1930s by trade groups in order to legitimize the holiday.[6] It was made a federal holiday when President Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation in 1966.
In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries, most often on November 19.
I was standing in the card shop the other day, and a woman and her toddler son were next to me. She picked up various cards, and read out what it said on them.
She picked one out and read out what it said on the front - "Dad. You're one in a million"
I had a smile to myself, and wondered why she couldn't narrow it down a bit for him! Poor lad!
She picked one out and read out what it said on the front - "Dad. You're one in a million"
I had a smile to myself, and wondered why she couldn't narrow it down a bit for him! Poor lad!
Fathers Day is a bit mixed for me, I enjoy getting something from my kids, a massive bar of chocolate and a show ticket this year, but i miss not buying anything as my dad isnt here anymore, he died in 1990, and i think about him a lot, but on fathers day it is slightly more,
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EddieM
mine was spent away from my kids, I am not happy about that.
My nephew has had his first Fathers Day without his dad so I know what you are saying.Fathers Day is a bit mixed for me, I enjoy getting something from my kids, a massive bar of chocolate and a show ticket this year, but i miss not buying anything as my dad isnt here anymore, he died in 1990, and i think about him a lot, but on fathers day it is slightly more,
thanks for the heads up..
if it wasn't for coming on here and checking the posts, I'd have forgoten it was Dads day...
if it wasn't for coming on here and checking the posts, I'd have forgoten it was Dads day...
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